As the 2023 general elections are fast approaching, the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has assured the people of the state that he would leave the state in a better shape, if re-elected for another four years.
The governor, who took members of the Nigerian Guild Of Editors round projects undertaken by his administration, said his focus was to move the state from accelerated development to sustainable growth if he was re-elected as governor in 2023.
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While addressing members of the NGE, when he hosted them at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, the governor said in the last three years, his government had focused on putting in place policies and projects that had not only helped in repositioning the state but in also lifting the people from poverty to prosperity.
Makinde who stated this after the courtesy visit later led the members of the Guild on an inspection tour of various projects, including the Methodist Model School, Bodija, Ibadan; the headquarters of the Oyo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun; the 65 kilometres Moniya-Iseyin Road, 78 kilometres Iseyin-Fapote-Ogbomoso road; the 12 kilometres ongoing Apata-Bembo-Jankata Road, Ibadan road; the ongoing dualisation of the Airport Road, Ibadan and the 500,000 capacity aviation fuel storage facility being undertaken by the State at the Ibadan Airport.
He said the government would move on to sustain the developments already put in place.
The governor further said other projects inspected by the Guild of Editors included the Lere Adigun Housing Estate, Basorun, Ibadan and the Ode Oba Primary Healthcare Centre, Iseyin, which is one of the 299 completed Primary Healthcare Centres in the state.
The governor told the Guild, led by its president, Mr Mustapha Isa, that his administration had been able to achieve massive success in reducing the infrastructure deficit in the state through the Alternative Project Funding Approach.
Reacting on behalf of the editors, president of the NGE said the Guild was in Ibadan to hold its standing committee meeting and that it will join the governor to see some of the projects put in place by his administration.
